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we did that on a motorbike many moons ago. Motorbike broke down, the locals fixed it and all they wanted was a few photographs. Beautiful country.We went 3rd class from Kandy to Ella through the tea plantation hillsides last year. It was ace.
I was bricking it when they said they only had 3rd class, imagining being crammed to the hilt, with a chicken up my nose but it was reserved seating, a half empty carriage and really friendly. You'll love it.
It’s one thing making chapatis with some old woman in the floor and talking to nice middle class Indians on a nice clean train, Michael.
I’d prefer to watch Portillo's train journeys into a Mumbai Slum, personally.
Too cleansed.
Portillo comes across as very likeable in these series mind.
Aye. He owns some rank strides like !Can’t stand the pompous prick, least of all in those poncy red breeks.
It’s my current constituency and although I wasn’t here at the time, it’s folklore here.I said the same thing a few months ago to some one who had recently met him at a charity event . They laughed and told me that he came across as a real arrogant self-obsessed shit.
(Did you see the look on his face when he lost Enfield in 1997? I still laugh).
Mr B and I always play guess the colour of Mike’s trousers when we turn it on.Aye. He owns some rank strides like !
Last one on in a minute. Enjoyed this series more than the US/UK ones tbh.
I don’t.Anar, feel bad for laughing my back off when he lost his seat now.
His European journeys are good as well....
The Alps ones looked canny. Baltic states looked a bit dull.
Just starting on BBC2 now.
Could be worth a watch for those who like the ex Tory tosspot choo choo lad.
Aye Negombo is awful.The commuter trains around Colombo looked like another story mind. Classic folks hanging out the doors type stuff
Galle is good, climb up the fort walls and you're looking right out across the cricket pitch. I loved Kandy. We saw whatever they call the parade with the elephants going along the road by the side of the lake. i wasn't sure whether I'd like it out there, but I'd go back at the drop of a hat. Only place I didn't really like was Negombo, syringes and all kinds of shit on the beach and plagued by hawkers trying to flog you stuff. A bit too touristy for my tastes.
The trip from Kandy to Ella takes some beating.
was talking to one of your mates , at a 40th doo, friday gone, mentioned your portillo look in tuscanyGreat sartorial style has that fella.
Those shocking pink trousers!aye the only Tory he displays is his dress sense
was talking to one of your mates , at a 40th doo, friday gone, mentioned your portillo look in tuscany
Aye Negombo is awful.
Brilliant train trip that.
I find Sri Lanka ok, personally, I like India (and even Bangladesh) better.
Have also been to Nepal.
They are all similar in many ways.
To simplify, you could say Sri Lanka being so small is like one region of India.
India is so huge and in my opinion the most diverse country on the planet by a country mile.
Lions, Tigers, great national parks, palaces, forts, temples, Taj, sadhus, Varanassi, Himalaya, skiing, camel safaris, deserts, coral islands, tropical beaches etc, it has it all.
Pretty safe too, a bit hassle though.
Definitely worth taking a long train trip of an absolute minimum of at least 24 hours, if not more.
Fantastic just watching India pass by.
Just go 2AC, guaranteed 4 to a carriage, no more, probably (without looking it up) £30 to £40 for a 2,000 mile train trip.Some trips, depending on the train provide food for that price.
I actually prefer Sri Lanka, but fell in love with the chaoticness of Delhi. Never been to Bangladesh mind.